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| A Faster Class Of Antidepressants
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| Studies with rats have revealed the potential in an entirely new class of antidepressants that take effect after only days of treatment versus the weeks required for current drugs.
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September 11, 2007 |
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| Anti-depressants' 'little effect'
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| New generation anti-depressants have little clinical benefit for most patients, research suggests.
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February 26, 2008 |
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| Antidepressant use linked to type 2 diabetes
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| While analyzing data from Saskatchewan health databases, Lauren Brown, researcher with the U of A's School of Public Health, found people with a history of depression had a 30 per cent increased risk of type 2 Diabetes.
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March 26, 2008 |
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| Antidepressants Account For Only 10% Of Fall In Suicide Rates Among Older People
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| The use of antidepressants is likely to account for only 10 per cent of the fall in suicide rates among middle aged and older people, suggests a large study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
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April 17, 2008 |
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| Antidepressants Only Benefit Certain Depressed Patients
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| A new study suggests that antidepressants only benefit some, very severely depressed patients. "New generation" antidepressants, such as fluoxetine (Prozac) are widely prescribed for the treatment of clinical depression.
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February 27, 2008 |
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| Antidepressants That Are More Efficient And Faster
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| Depression is a chronic and recurrent illness that can affect at least 20% of the population at some period in their lifetime, according to a number of studies carried out. Moreover, according to the WHO, by 2020 emotional state disorders could be the foremost or second cause for sick leave from work in the developed countries.
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February 7, 2008 |
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| Antismoking Pill May Ease Depression ... Or Cause Suicidal Thoughts
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| Two drugs that act on nicotine receptors are now being tested as antidepressants -- offering hope to the millions of people who don't respond to traditional antidepressants.
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March 13, 2008 |
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| As Depression Symptoms Improve With Antidepressants, Hopelessness Can Linger
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| People taking medication for depression typically see a lot of improvements in their symptoms during the first few months, but lagging behind other areas is a sense of hopefulness, according to new research from the University of Michigan Health System.
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February 22, 2008 |
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| Blood Pressure Drug May Curb Brain Damage From Alzheimer's, Depression And Schizophrenia
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| A drug used to treat high blood pressure and enlargement of the prostate may protect the brain from damage caused by post-traumatic stress disorder, Alzheimer's disease, depression and schizophrenia.
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November 7, 2007 |
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| Can Omega-3 Fatty Acids Help Depression?
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| Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences are seeking participants for a clinical trial examining whether two polyunsaturated Omega-3 fatty acids are effective treatments for depression.
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December 21, 2007 |
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| Clinical Depression Raises Risk Of Death For Heart Attack Patients Years After Attack
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| Depressed heart attack patients have a higher risk for sudden death in the months following a heart attack. Now a team led by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that the risk continues for many years.
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March 4, 2008 |
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| Depressed women have more sex
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| Researchers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, say depressed women have more sex than women who are mentally well.
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March 23, 2008 |
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| Depression After a Heart Attack Dangerous for Years
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| The increased risk of death associated with depression after a heart attack persists for at least five years, a study finds.
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March 7, 2008 |
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| Depression among patients with coronary artery disease
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| Depression has long had a popular link to cardiovascular disease and death.
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October 16, 2007 |
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| Depression And Anxiety Can Double Chances Of Heart Ailments
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| Matters of the mind can affect matters of the heart. A new study by McGill University and Université de Montréal researchers has found that major anxiety and/or depression, can double a coronary artery disease patient's chances of repeated heart ailments. This is one of the first studies to focus on patients with stable coronary artery disease -- not those who were hospitalized for events such as a heart attack.
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January 19, 2008 |
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| Depression and rheumatoid arthritis
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| Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the most common chronic inflammatory arthritis, are twice as likely as other individuals to experience depression.
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February 5, 2008 |
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| Depression Can Foreshadow Intellectual Decline In Older People
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| Depression in the elderly increases the risk of subsequent mental impairment and can act as a predictor of future intellectual decline.
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October 9, 2007 |
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| Depression Is A Risk Factor Rather Than Early Sign Of Alzheimer's Disease, Study Suggests
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| A new study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center supports the idea that depression is truly a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease rather than a subtle early sign of its underlying pathology. The study found no evidence of an increase in depressive symptoms during the prodromal phase before the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
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April 10, 2008 |
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| Depression Linked To Bone-thinning In Premenopausal Women
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| Even in young women, depression is as potent a risk factor for osteoporosis as are low calcium intake, smoking, and lack of exercise, researchers have found. Imbalances in the immune system appear to be involved.
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November 27, 2007 |
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| Depression Ups Risk Of Complications Following Heart Attack
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| People who suffer from severe depression following a heart attack might be more likely to experience cardiac complications while hospitalized.
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July 5, 2008 |
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| Ending Moderate Drinking Tied To Depression
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| Scientific evidence has long suggested that moderate drinking offers some protection against heart disease, certain types of stroke and some forms of cancer.
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July 9, 2008 |
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| Exercise pill hope for depression
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| The natural "high" produced by exercise could one day be available in a pill that targets a gene in our brains.
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December 3, 2007 |
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| FDA Warnings Affected Prescriptions Of Antidepressants To Youth
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| U.S. Food and Drug Administration warnings regarding the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children and adolescents taking antidepressants appear to have had modest and targeted effects on the intended populations, according to a new report.
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January 10, 2008 |
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| Gene Variants Protect Against Adult Depression Triggered By Childhood Stress
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| Certain variations in a gene that helps regulate response to stress tend to protect adults who were abused in childhood from developing depression, according to new research. Adults who had been abused but didn't have the variations in the gene had twice the symptoms of moderate to severe depression, compared to those with the protective variations.
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February 6, 2008 |
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| Insomnia Linked To Depression In Young Adults
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| A new study confirms the persistent nature of insomnia and the increased risk of subsequent depression among individuals with insomnia.
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April 3, 2008 |
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| Male Births Are More Likely To Reduce Quality Of Life And Increase Severe Post-natal Depression
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| Giving birth to a boy can lead to higher levels of severe post-natal depression (PND) and reduced quality of life than having a girl, according to new research.
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February 15, 2008 |
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| Measuring Depression
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| It's hardly surprising that clinically depressed people act differently than healthy people. Quantifying the difference, however, can be difficult. Now a collaboration of physicists and psychiatrists in Japan has found a way to clearly and objectively measure depression.
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September 10, 2007 |
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| Migraine, Depression Meds May Cause Problems
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| People suffering from migraines and depression need to be careful when mixing medication for the two, according to a study in Thursday's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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May 15, 2008 |
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| More than 1 in 7 Women Depressed Before, During, After Pregnancy
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| More than one in seven women are depressed at some time during the nine months before becoming pregnant, during pregnancy, or in the nine months after childbirth, a new Kaiser Permanente study shows.
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September 28, 2007 |
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| Obesity And Depression May Be Linked
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| A major review reveals that research indicates people who are obese may be more likely to become depressed, and people who are depressed may be more likely to become obese.
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June 6, 2008 |
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| Serious depression affects more than 2 million teens in the U.S.
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| A survey released in the U.S. has revealed that in the past year in excess of 2 million American teenagers experienced a serious bout of depression.
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May 15, 2008 |
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| Smokers Have A 41 Percent Higher Risk Of Suffering Depression
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| The risk of suffering depression increases 41% in smokers, in comparison with non-smokers. This was the conclusion of a study undertaken with 8,556 participants by scientists of the University of Navarra, in collaboration with the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Harvard School of Public Health (USA), and which demonstrates in a pioneering way the direct relationship between tobacco use and this disease.
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April 25, 2008 |
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| Suicide Rates Rise as Antidepressant Use Falls
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| A new study has found that suicide rates among young people have increased as the use of antidepressants has decreased, according to a report in the Washington Post.
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September 6, 2007 |
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| Suicide Warning Cut Antidepressant Use
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| Study: 'Black Box' Warnings Reached Their Target Group of Children, Teens.
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January 7, 2008 |
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| Teen 'Self Medication' For Depression Leads To More Serious Mental Illness, New Report Reveals
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| Millions of American teens report experiencing weeks of hopelessness and loss of interest in normal daily activities and many of these depressed teens are using marijuana and other drugs, making their situation worse, according to a new White House report released today.
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May 10, 2008 |
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| Why depression and diabetes often go together ...but which comes first?
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| While researchers have long been aware that type-2 diabetes and depression often go together, which develops first has always been unclear.
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June 19, 2008 |
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| Workers' Depression: 21 Fields Ranked
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| Depression Most Commonly Reported by Personal Care and Service Workers.
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October 17, 2007 |
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